Jailhouse Rock [D] - Elvis Intro: [D-Riff] [D Riff] Verse 1: [D Riff] The warden threw a party in the county jail, [D Riff] Prison band was there and they began to wail, [D Riff] Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing, [D Riff] Should've heard thosed knocked out jail birds sing, |Chorus: |Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock, |Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block, |[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. Verse 2: [D Riff] Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, [D Riff] Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone, [D Riff] The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang, [D Riff] The whole rhythm section was the purple gang, |Chorus: |Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock, |Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block, |[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. Verse 3: [D Riff] Number forty-seven said to number three, [D Riff] You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see, [D Riff] I sure would be delighted with your company, [D Riff] Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me, |Chorus: |Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock, |Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block, |[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. Verse 4: [D Riff] The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone, [D Riff] Way over in the corner weepin all alone, [D Riff] The warden said, hey, buddy, don't you be no square, [D Riff] If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair, |Chorus: |Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock, |Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block, |[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. Verse 5: [D Riff] Shifty Henry said to bugs, for heavens sake, [D Riff] No ones lookin, now's our chance to make a break, [D Riff] Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix, [D Riff] I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks, |Chorus: |Lets [G] rock, everybody, [D] lets rock, |Every-[A7]body in the whole cell [G7] block, |[D] Were dancing to the jailhouse rock. Outro: [D] Dancing to the jailhouse rock (x4) [D - Double Strum]